Singeniso
1Lencwadzi iphuma kuPawula, sisebenti saNkulunkulu, nemphostoli waJesu Khristu. Ngitfunyelwe kwakha kukholwa kwalabakhetsiwe baNkulunkulu ngibafundzise lwati lweliciniso ngekwesaba Nkulunkulu. 2Futsi ngitfunyelwe nekubaholela etsembeni lekuphila lokuphakadze, lekwatsi umhlaba ungakasekelwa kwetsenjiswa nguNkulunkulu longawacali emanga. 3Kodvwa ngesikhatsi lesifanele sekubonakaliswe evini lakhe ngekushumayela lengiphatsiswe kona mine ngekwemyalo waNkulunkulu, uMsindzisi wetfu.
4Lencwadzi iya kuThithusi, umntfwanami weliciniso ngekukholwa.
Akube kuwe umusa nekuthula lokuvela kuNkulunkulu, longuBabe, nakuKhristu Jesu, uMsindzisi wetfu.
Umsebenti waThithusi eKhrethe
5Lokwangenta ngikushiye lapho eKhrethe kutsi usale ulungisa tintfo letitsite letifanele kulungiswa, ubeke babonisi kulelo nakulelo dolobha, njengobe ngakuyala. 6Umbonisi kufanele angasoleki, abe yindvodza lenemfati munye, lenebantfwana labakholwako nalabalalelako, labangakadvumi ngebubi. 7Umholi, njengobe asisebenti saNkulunkulu, kufanele angasoleki, angatigcabhi, abete lulaka, angabi sidzakwa, abete luchweba, futsi angahaleli inzuzo ngebubi. 8Kodvwa kufanele aphatse kahle tihambi, atsandze lokulungile, aticaphele abe cotfo, abe ngcwele, atibambe.
9Kufanele abe ngulobambelele evini leletsembekile njengobe lalifundzisiwe, khona atekwati kuyala ngekwemfundziso lephilile nekubehlula labo labamphikisako. 10Ngobe banyenti labangalaleli, nalabakhuluma lite, nalabacala emanga, ikakhulu labaphuma enkholweni yebuJuda. 11Labo bafanele kubindziswa, ngobe bacitsa emakhaya ngekufundzisa timfundziso letingakafaneli, bentele kutfola ingcebo ngebubi. 12Lomunye wabo labengumphrofethi wadzimate watsi:
“BaseKhrethe babacali bemanga njalo nje,
batilwane letimbi,
batimiti letingemavila.”
13Lobufakazi buliciniso. Ngako-ke bekhute kamatima, khona batewucina ekukholweni, 14bangatinaki tinganekwane temaJuda nome imiyalo yebantfu labafulatsela liciniso. 15Kulabahlantekile konkhe kuhlantekile, kodvwa kulababi nalabangakholwa kute lokuhlantekile; kepha kungcole ingcondvo yabo nanembeza wabo. 16Bavuma ngemlomo kutsi bayamati Nkulunkulu, kepha ngetento tabo bayamphika; bayenyanyeka, abalaleli, bayehluleka kwenta nome ngabe yini lenhle.
